1952 - Week 1
New York Giants at Dallas Texans
At Cotton Bowl Sunday, September 28, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
New York Giants 0 3 7 7 17
Dallas Texans 0 0 0 0 0
Scoring Plays Giants Texans
2nd Quarter
Giants 4:33 Poole 27 yd. Field Goal ( 7-62, 5:13 ) 3 0
3rd Quarter
Giants 11:52 Gifford 11 yd. run ( Poole Kick ) ( 4-18, 2:11 ) 10 0
4th Quarter
Giants 2:43 Price 66 yd. run ( Poole Kick ) ( 4-80, 0:37 ) 17 0

MVP: Eddie Price FB (NY Giants)
Rushing: 152 Yds, 1 TD

Unavailable
NYG: J.Scott (HB\FL\KR), J.Rapacz (C), B.Wilkinson (END\DB)
DAL: C.Ortmann (RB), D.Edwards (END), W.Humble (G), W.Sherman (DB)
Temp: 73°. Clear Skies. Wind 5 mph (Slight Crosswind).
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
New York Giants Dallas Texans
Start Time Drive # of Yards Start Time Drive # of Yards
Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result
15:00 1:52 NYG 32 3 -9 Punt 13:08 2:38 DAL 36 7 35 Downs
10:30 4:19 NYG 29 6 27 Punt 6:11 2:15 DAL 18 3 -4 Punt
3:56 0:48 DAL 28 2 16 Fumble 3:08 1:34 DAL 12 3 1 Punt
1:34 1:34 DAL 48 3 1 Punt 15:00 5:14 DAL 6 9 42 Punt
9:46 5:13 NYG 18 7 62 Field Goal 4:33 0:38 DAL 39 3 -7 Punt
3:55 1:37 NYG 33 3 5 Punt 2:18 0:37 DAL 18 3 6 Punt
1:41 0:41 NYG 41 3 0 Punt 1:00 1:00 DAL 22 3 3 End of Half
14:03 2:11 DAL 18 4 18 Touchdown 15:00 0:57 DAL 35 2 0 Interception
8:40 0:56 NYG 33 3 -5 Punt 11:52 3:12 DAL 28 5 16 Punt
7:44 2:37 DAL 49 3 -8 Punt 5:07 2:09 DAL 35 3 6 Punt
2:58 2:23 NYG 34 3 4 Punt 0:35 1:33 DAL 25 3 2 Punt
14:02 3:04 DAL 48 5 12 Punt 10:58 3:10 DAL 6 6 12 Punt
7:48 1:39 DAL 41 3 13 Interception 6:09 2:49 DAL 31 7 61 Missed FG
3:20 0:37 NYG 20 4 80 Touchdown 2:43 0:58 DAL 3 6 29 Downs
1:45 1:45 DAL 32 3 -3 End of Game
31:16 NYG 45 55 213 28:44 DAL 22 63 202
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
New York Giants 8:33 7:31 8:07 7:05 31:16
Dallas Texans 6:27 7:29 6:53 7:55 28:44
Team Statistics Giants Texans
Total Points 17 0
1st Downs 11 11
Rushing 8 7
Passing 3 4
Penalty 0 0
3rd-Down Conversions 1-12 2-15
4th-Down Conversions 0-0 0-2
Penalties-Yards 6-65 1-3
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1
Time Of Pos. 31:16 28:44
Total Net Yards 274 197
Total Plays 55 63
Average Gain 5.0 3.1
Net Yards Rushing 215 120
Rushes 40 39
Avg. Per Rush 5.4 3.1
Net Yards Passing 59 77
Completions 5 7
Attempts 12 23
Completion % 41.7 30.4
Yards Per Completion 14.8 12.4
Times Sacked 3 1
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 2 0
Rushing 2 0
Passing 0 0
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 0-0
Field Goals 1-1 0-1
New York Giants Dallas Texans
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Eddie Price 22 152 6.9 66 1 Buddy Young 11 13 1.2 5 0
Kyle Rote 7 40 5.7 13 0 George Taliaferro 7 0 0.0 7 0
Chuck Conerly 6 1 0.2 3 0 Zollie Toth 7 48 6.9 18 0
Frank Gifford 3 15 5.0 11 1 Dick Hoerner 7 22 3.1 15 0
George C. Thomas 1 7 7.0 7 0 Bob Celeri 6 38 6.3 17 0
John Amberg 1 0 0.0 0 0 Billy Baggett 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
Totals 40 215 5.4 66 2 Totals 39 120 3.1 18 0
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
Chuck Conerly 12 5 74 3 15 0 24 1 28 Bob Celeri 23 7 87 1 10 0 24 1 25
Totals 12 5 74 3 15 0 24 1 28 Totals 23 7 87 1 10 0 24 1 25
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Bill Stribling 3 44 14.7 24 0 Ray Pelfrey 2 23 11.5 15 0
Kyle Rote 2 30 15.0 20 0 Zollie Toth 2 9 4.5 5 0
Buddy Young 1 16 16.0 16 0
Dick Wilkins 1 24 24.0 24 0
Dick Hoerner 1 15 15.0 15 0
Totals 5 74 14.8 24 0 Totals 7 87 12.4 24 0
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Jon Baker 7 - - - - - - 1 - Art Donovan 10 - - - - 2 - - -
Al Derogatis 7 - - - - 3 - - - Joe Reid 9 - - - - - - - -
John Cannady 6 - - - - - - - - Joe Campanella 7 - - - 1 - - - -
Joe Sulaitis 6 - - - - - - - - Keever Jankovich 5 - - - - 1 - - -
Tom Landry 5 - - - 1 - - - - Keith Flowers 4 1 21 - - - - - -
Emlen Tunnell 4 - - - - - - 2 - Pat Cannamella 4 - - - - - - - -
Don Menasco 4 1 47 - - - - - - Barney Poole 4 - - - - - 1 - -
John Amberg 3 - - - - - - 1 - Tom Keane 3 - - - 1 - - - 1
Bob Hudson 3 - - - - - - - - Johnny Petitbon 2 - - - - - - 1 -
Frank Gifford 2 - - - - - - - - Gino Marchetti 2 - - - - - - - -
Jim H. Duncan 2 - - - - 1 - - - Jerry Davis 1 - - - - - - 1 -
Arnie Weinmeister 2 - - - - 1 - - - Sisto Averno 1 - - - - - - 2 -
Kelley Mote 2 - - - - - - - - Art Tait 1 - - - 1 - - - -
Ray Poole 2 - - - - 1 - - - Stan Williams 1 - - - - - - - -
Ray Krouse 1 - - - - 1 - - - Ben Aldridge 1 - - - - - - - -
Harmon Rowe 1 - - - - - - - - Billy Baggett 1 - - - - - - - 1
Pat Knight - - - - - - 2 - -
Totals 57 1 47 - 1 7 2 4 - Totals 56 1 21 - 3 3 1 4 2
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Kyle Rote 2 1 0 0 0 Billy Baggett 1 1 0 0 0
Ray Poole 0 0 0 1 0 Sisto Averno 0 0 0 1 0
Bill Stribling 0 0 1 0 -1
Totals 2 1 1 1 -1 Totals 1 1 0 1 0
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Tom Landry 9 356 39.6 0 4 52 Hank Lauricella 9 292 32.4 0 1 45
Totals 9 356 39.6 0 4 52 Totals 9 292 32.4 0 1 45
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
Tom Landry 3 38 12.7 1 22 0 Billy Baggett 3 45 15.0 1 19 0
Emlen Tunnell 2 9 4.5 2 9 0 Buddy Young 1 10 10.0 1 10 0
Totals 5 47 9.4 3 22 0 Totals 4 55 13.8 2 19 0
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Emlen Tunnell 1 30 30.0 30 0 Buddy Young 2 60 30.0 32 0
Billy Baggett 1 6 6.0 6 0
George Taliaferro 1 32 32.0 32 0
Totals 1 30 30.0 30 0 Totals 4 98 24.5 32 0
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
Ray Poole 1 1 27 2 2 Forrest Grigg 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 1 1 27 2 2 Totals 1 0 0 0 0